How Automation is Being Used in Exciting Ways in the Oil & Gas Industry

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Interview Series, Futurum co-founder Shelly Kramer hosts a roundtable discussion on how automation is being used in exciting ways in the Oil & Gas industry. Her guests include Brad Onofrio, Sr. Director for Sales Ops for Calumet, Frank Wilson, Business Solutions Manager at Patterson-UTI Management Services and Jon Gilman, CEO and founder of Clear Software. They’re conversation included: Brad Onofrio sharing some information about Calumet and describing some of the customers they serve as well as some of the challenges the industry faces. Frank Wilson gave an overview of Patterson-UTi Drilling, what the company does, who they serve, and some of the challenges they’ve faced in a year that was difficult before a global pandemic came around. Jon Gilman introduced us to his company, Clear Software, a bit about his career backstory, as well as what he and his team at Clear Software are doing in the Oil & Gas industry as they work with energy companies who are interested in intelligent automation. Frank shared his experiences on some of the areas at Patterson UTI where they have implemented automation technologies. He candidly shared their strategy, their challenges, and what he sees for the future of automation at Patterson UTI. Brad talked about what’s happening at Calumet as it relates to automation throughout the organization, the challenges they’ve faced and the exciting opportunities they see ahead for automation and intelligent automation within the Oil & Gas industry. Jon closed our roundtable discussion with some examples of other use cases from Clear Software’s energy customers, as well as even what customers in other industries are looking for as it relates to automation and intelligent automation, and what he sees ahead in the coming two to five years.  This is a great discussion and one conversation you don’t want to miss.